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Why Jussie Smollett deserves to be punished for his shameful hoax
American Thinker ^ | 11/30/2021 | Rajan Laad

Posted on 11/30/2021 7:19:47 AM PST by SeekAndFind

If you have been following the US mainstream media, you would be forgiven for not knowing that the Jussie Smollett trial opened just yesterday.

There has been scant coverage of the trial largely because the press had embarrassed themselves covering the story of the purported racist and homophobic attack on him in 2019. Since they aren’t too keen on learning lessons and certainly not eager to relive their humiliation, they just stay away from the story.

The case merits a quick revision owing to the rapidly evolving or perhaps devolving news cycle.

On January 29, 2019, African American actor Jussie Smollett who is gay claimed that two masked men wearing MAGA hats hurled racist and homophobic abuses at him. He claims that they proceeded to punch him, pour a chemical substance over him, put a rope around his neck and berate him with "this is MAGA country." He also claimed that he had received a hate mail consisting of a barrage of racist invectives.

The US mainstream media gleefully carried and amplified the story because it fits their narrative of far-right Trump supporters persecuting a gay man of color. Instances such as these explain why very few in the US trust their news media.

But Chicago is by no means ‘MAGA country’ and the entire narrative seemed exaggerated and apocryphal.

As a film critic would say, the characters didn’t seem real and their motives seemed implausible. The dialogues were overdone and the plot was lacking. The choice backdrop was added to lacked credibility,

Despite these obvious questions, anybody who questioned the veracity of the claimed occurrences was branded racist enablers and conspiracy theorists. Hollywood celebrities, top Democrats, and then-candidate Kamala Harris offered their support.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: chicago; donlemon; hoax; illinois; jussiesmollett; racebaiting
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1 posted on 11/30/2021 7:19:47 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Here’s a brief history of what ensued for those who don’t remember the staged racial incident:

Following a thorough investigation by Chicago’s Police, it was proved that Smollett had staged the entire attack and also had sent a racist letter to himself at the studio where the show he was appearing in was filmed.

To sum it up It was all an outrageous and disgraceful hoax.

Fox suspended him from the series Empire.

Smollett was indicted on 16 felony counts. He was charged with filing a false police report claiming he was the victim of a racist and homophobic attack.

Then in a move that astounded everybody, Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx dropped all charges against Smollett in exchange for Smollett doing community service and forfeiting his $10,000 bond.

It was alleged that Michelle Obama had a role to play in this travesty of justice.

Beyond this mockery of the law, the Smollet hoax also raised serious questions about the times and the society we inhabit where an affluent and successful individual thinks he can bolster his profile and get a salary hike if he claims to be a victim.

Smollett’s hoax proves that victimhood holds more weight than actual accomplishments. While accomplishment takes a great deal of time and effort, victimhood merely takes a well-worded claim.


2 posted on 11/30/2021 7:21:00 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

How many hundreds of thousands of dollars in man hours were wasted on this charade?.......................


3 posted on 11/30/2021 7:22:53 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: SeekAndFind

Why he deserves to be punished:
1) He committed crimes.


4 posted on 11/30/2021 7:23:02 AM PST by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Looking at his Wiki - He hasn’t worked since 2018. He WAS making $65,000 per episode on the show Empire, but wanted more. This hoax was an attempt to boost his name and get more.

Killed that golden goose, big time. Have fun flipping burgers.


5 posted on 11/30/2021 7:25:10 AM PST by BBQToadRibs2
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To: SeekAndFind

he was perfectly willing to let innocent people be punished for his crime, and he is a full blown racist to boot, put him away!


6 posted on 11/30/2021 7:25:34 AM PST by Archytekt
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To: BBQToadRibs2

Drama Queens gotta drama...........................


7 posted on 11/30/2021 7:28:45 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Archytekt

ALSO he should be made to pay back every cent spent on this farce!......................


8 posted on 11/30/2021 7:29:24 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: SeekAndFind
He'll get a handslap and become a fake martyr for the queer cause.
9 posted on 11/30/2021 7:30:15 AM PST by fwdude
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To: SeekAndFind

These hoaxes unjustifiably fuel hate and racial violence and should be more severely punished. Our society takes racism so seriously that casually throwing out accusations should be taken more seriously. Even calling someone a racist just because they disagree with you should be actionable as defamation, and shouldn’t be dependent on the political beliefs of those who are being defamed.


10 posted on 11/30/2021 7:33:46 AM PST by Spok
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To: SeekAndFind

Is his defense that his two cohorts framed him?


11 posted on 11/30/2021 7:38:38 AM PST by gloryblaze
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To: SeekAndFind

This was an Obama cartel operation meant to support Harris’ campaign.


12 posted on 11/30/2021 7:40:31 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: SeekAndFind

Yes Smollet should be punished, but not so he can be a deterrent...rather because he deserves it. If his punishment serves as a deterrent to others well and good, but that can never be the real reason for punishment, otherwise an innocent falsely prosecuted could serve as the example.


13 posted on 11/30/2021 7:40:57 AM PST by AndyTheBear
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To: SeekAndFind

At this point I can’t fathom why Mr. Smollett continues to double-down on his story, rather than coming clean. It might be pride, embarrassment, anger, or a mix of all of the above. Continuing the charade only hurts him more and more.


14 posted on 11/30/2021 7:42:41 AM PST by Kharis13
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To: SeekAndFind

Not to stir the pot too much....but if you bring this whole story up in the black community, I’d say that 90-percent don’t believe a single bit of Smollett’s story. In the rich affluent white community, it’s closer to 50-percent of them who believed the story for the first ten days, which says a lot.

I just don’t believe at 2 AM, in Chicago, on a typical winter night....you can find KKK/white-supremist guys hanging out.


15 posted on 11/30/2021 7:49:04 AM PST by pepsionice
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To: SeekAndFind

Juicy Smollet needs to cough up every penny paid out in the investigation...every penny.


16 posted on 11/30/2021 7:55:44 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: SeekAndFind

He was sowing more distrust and hatred between the races.


17 posted on 11/30/2021 7:57:11 AM PST by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: pepsionice

The entire thing was just absurd.

White guys in Chicago in the middle of the night wearing MAGA hats confronting a gay black man??? I never even met anyone who watched Empire and Dave Chappelle had it right - no Conservative knew who he was or even cared about him. And who in their right mind would be out in minus 20 degree weather at 2 am tracking down someone in CHICAGO???!!! And the fake noose that the police were like “....uh... do you want to take that off...?” when he was telling them about it and the fake bleach story- I mean, my GOD, that man could have gotten people killed over this racist BS.

Funny how he was close with Kamala Harris who had just happened to introduce legislation about lynching.... wonder if those phone records between them will ever be released.


18 posted on 11/30/2021 7:58:00 AM PST by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: SeekAndFind
Fake accusations of racism is a real problems in today's society.
In order to deal with remaining real discrimination, we need to clear the abundant smoke generated by fakers like Smollett.

19 posted on 11/30/2021 7:58:46 AM PST by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: BBQToadRibs2

“This hoax was an attempt to boost his name and get more.”

No.

It was part of the Harris campaign.

It was supposed to show her prescience and leadership in putting forth her anti-lynching bill.


20 posted on 11/30/2021 7:58:54 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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